Author: Diana Shellenberger “In Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.” 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 Though conflict is an...

Author: Larry Dansky Even after all this time  the sun never says to the earth, "You owe me."  Look what happens with a love like that—  it lights the whole world.   "The Sun Never Says" by Hafiz You hold open the...

Author: Tom Stiers Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. Colossians 3:16...

Author: Chris Braudaway-Bauman Then he said, “Let me go, for the day is breaking.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go, unless you bless me.” Genesis 32:26 As kids and parents in our congregation are preparing for the...

Author: Larry Dansky Persons appear to us according to the light we throw upon them from our own minds. -Laura Ingalls Wilder As we all know, we can’t control anyone else’s behavior, and we can’t make another person want to or...

Author: John Bisceglia God said to Moses “I am who I am”   Exodus 3:14 God’s name is not a title but a statement of fact; in our search for the divine, it comes down to the very question of existence of our self and then the...

Author: Carolyn Gard Before you judge people, walk a mile in their shoes. The high school I went to was 70% Jewish, 10% Catholic, and 20% Protestant. While we were friendly with the Jewish kids, we never really became friends. In...

Author: Ed Hall  “Do to others what you would have them do unto you.” Matthew 7:12   Indeed, life is hard particularly when coping with loss. A challenge to each of us when striving to be consoling and comforting is to realize...

Author: Joanne Buchanan-Brown As I write this, it is Friday, June 21st and the Summer Solstice. I just returned from an afternoon of spiritually renewing friendship with four other women, all members of FCC. We had lunch, yes, but the...

Author: Harriet Simons Two years ago, I was grieving the loss of my beloved husband, Parker Calkin, who passed away on June 10, 2017. I had just signed his enrollment in Hospice. Three days later he was gone. In the days and weeks that...